VOL. XXXVI

NO. 12

21-DECEMBER-1992

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL DEBT

Regional Debt Service Bill Rises in 1992

Developing countries in the Middle East and North Africa will spend $19,897mnon debt servicing during 1992, about $1bn more than 1991, according to thelatest edition of the World Bank's World Debt Tables 1992-93, published on 18December. The 1992 figure represents 25.4% of the value of these countries'exports of goods and services, roughly the same as in recent years (see table on...